Buying
About a month ago Half Off Depot announced that it had acquired Dealster. To quote the release: “Dealster marks the first acquisition for Half Off Depot. In addition to its membership base, Dealster’s...
View ArticleGet The Data
Great Jim Barksdale quote over on A VC today. If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. Seems like the right approach for anyone running a company to take....
View ArticleTake An Extreme Position
One of the top five classes I have ever taken was a shortened version of a negotiation course during a Mergers and Acquisitions executive education program at The Wharton School. The class was led by...
View ArticleMergers of Equals
So two of the largest advertising giants, Omnicom and Publicis are getting together to form a company with $23 billion in revenue to fight off the inroads from digital competition. Might be a losing...
View ArticleMBAs and Startups
From time to time the subject of MBAs and startups seems to raise its head and did so again recently by a few of my fellow inhabitants of Atlanta Startup Village. First John Melonakos mentioned how...
View ArticleEvery Job In America
I recently came across this graphic on Planet Money. Three things struck me about it. How many people are in local government, how few people are employed in manufacturing, and how services have really...
View ArticleBuild A Real Business Now
Highly respected venture capitalist Bill Gurley sounded the alarm about a month ago in an interview in the Wall Street Journal about the amount of risk VCs and startup employees are taking on these...
View ArticleAtlanta Startups & Economic Development
This week I was interviewed for an upcoming article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on the subject of how innovation is driving economic development (job growth in layman’s terms) and what needs to...
View ArticleThe South Is Rising
Big news around these parts at the beginning of 2015 is that Mercedes Benz has decided to move its new U.S. headquarters to Atlanta. Which is a fine thing for Atlanta. Mercedes and Porsche. Two high...
View ArticleDon’t Rely On Bad Vendors
So a long time ago at a place about a mile away I worked at this little startup called MindSpring. MindSpring was kinda like Zappo's before Zappo's was just a gleam in Tony Hsieh's eye. The company was...
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